Parliament WatchParliament Watch is one of the integral programs run by FEFA that aims to represent a parliament with the openness to public, transparent functions and accountable by providing accurate, objective and current reportson all activities of Afghanistan's parliament.

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Observation of lower house on September 16th, 2018:
Meshrano Jirga held a plenary session on Sep 16, 2018 chaired by Fazil Hadi Muslam yaar, where three senators who were appointed by President Ghani were introduced to upper house and sworn in.
Observation of lower house on September 15th, 2018:
Wolesi Jirga held a plenary session on Sep 15, 2018 chaired by Ibrahimi to hear the report of the Independent Commission for Overseeing of the Implementation of Constitution.
Observation of lower house on September 10th, 2018:
Wolesi Jirga held a plenary session on Sep 10, 2018 chaired by Mr. Humayon to question the officials of Independent Election Commission and Directorate General of Civil Registration Authority regarding distribution of fake Tazkiras and stickers.
Observation of lower house on July 25th 2018:
Wolesi Jirga held a plenary session on July 25, 2018 chaired by Mr. Ibrahimi to debate and vote on the national budget for middle of the fiscal year 1397 and to hear the activity report of 15th session.
Observation of lower house on July 23th 2018:
Wolesi Jirga held a plenary session on July 23, 2018 chaired by Mr. Ibrahimi to debate on priorities of foreign policy of the country.
Observation of lower house on July 21th 2018:
Wolesi Jirga held a plenary session on July 21, 2018 chaired by Mr. Ibrahimi to question the Minister of Interior Affairs, Minister of Defense and director of the General Directorate of Security.
Observation of upper house on June 10th, 2018:
Meshrano Jirga held a plenary session on June 10th, 2018, chaired by Fazal Hadi Muslimyar to question the Minister of Interior Affairs, Minister of Defense and general director of the National Directorate of Security.
Observation of upper house on June 05th, 2018:
Meshrano Jirga held a plenary session on June 05, 2018, chaired by Mohammad Asif Sediqi to question Minister of Haj and religious, top officials of Civil Aviation Authority of Afghanistan and Ariana Airline regarding their preparation for transferring pilgrims for hajj.
Observation of upper house on May 27th, 2018:
Upper House of the parliament or Meshrano Jirga held their plenary session of May 27th in the chair of Mr. Mohammad Alem Izadyar to question the Minister of women affairs regarding the elimination of violence against the women.
Observation of lower house on May 26th, 2018:
Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) held a plenary session on May 26, 2018, chaired by Mr. Ibrahimi. The agenda of this session was to question the officials of Independent Election Commission and Directorate General of Civil Registration Authority regarding the voter registration process in the districts.
Observation of upper house on May 13th, 2018:
Upper house held a plenary session on May 13th, 2018, chaired by Fazal Hadi Muslimyar to discuss and vote on the security agreement between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan in order to enhance and maintain the security at the port of Hairataan.
Observation of upper house on May 8th, 2018:
Meshrano Jirga held a plenary session on May 8, 2018, chaired by Fazal Hadi Muslimyar to debate the legislative decree number 146 on the law on the protests and demonstrations and the agreement between Afghanistan and Islamic Development Bank on the construction of Kabul ring road.
Observation of lower house on May 5th, 2018:
Lower house (Wolesi Jirga) held a plenary session on May 05th, 2018 chaired by Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi to discuss and vote the two international treaties between Afghanistan - Poland and Afghanistan - Uzbekistan but due to quorum incompletion the house failed to implement the agenda and debate the treaties.
Observation of lower house on May 2nd, 2018:
Wolesi Jirga held a plenary session on May 02nd, 2018 chaired by Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi to debate the amendments made to the law on the Public Finance & Expenditures Management, and the draft law on Tax Management.
Observation of upper house on May 1st, 2018:
At the beginning of the session, some representatives of Daikundi, Kabul, Ghazni, Kundoz, Kapisa, Samangan, Badakhshan, Nemroz and Helman provinces to the Meshrano Jirga talked about the following issues:
Observation of upper house on April 24th, 2018:
Meshrano Jirga questioned a member of the Independent Election Commission and Head of the Central Civil Registration Authority to provide updates regarding their activities and work plans.
Observation of upper house on April 22th, 2018:
Meshrano Jirga summoned the Minister of Agriculture & Irrigation and the Minister of State for Disaster Management to appear before MPs to explain their programs about containment of drought.
Observation of lower house on April 18th, 2018:
Wolesi Jirga debated the security agreement which was signed between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan with the objective of enhancing security in Hairatan port.
Observation of upper house on April 15th, 2018:
Upper house of the national assembly of Afghanistan held a plenary session on April 15th 2018 chaired by Fazal Hadi Muslamyar to appreciate the chief of police and director of national security of Baghlan province.
Observation of lower house on April 14th, 2018:
Lower house held a plenary session on April 14th, 2018 chaired by Amir Khan Yar to hear the report of High Peace Council regarding the recent developments made in peace talks with the Taliban.
Observation of lower house on March 28th, 2018:
Wolesi Jirga held a plenary session on March 28, 2018 chaired by Hamayon Hamayon to question the minister of defense and the minister of interior affairs to provide information about the security situation of the country and their working plans. As usual, the house began its session with open discussion and talking about acute problems of the country before starting its main agenda.
Observation of upper house on March 27th, 2018
The upper house of Afghanistan’s parliament (Meshrano Jirga) held a plenary session on March 27, 2018 that was chaired by Fazel Hadi Muslamyar, where they heard senators’ provincial report along with their main agenda. In additions the senators spoke on the acute issues of the country during the bonus time at zero hour.

FEFA held a press conference and presented its parliament monitoring findings of the 14th session on March 15th, 2017. The main pillars of FEFA findings include the number of meetings, quorum, legislative, oversight of government performance, representation and violations of the internal rule of procedure.
Similarly, in the other part of the conference, FEFA’s findings on the status of women in parliament were presented. Unfortunately, during the 14th session, the Afghanistan parliament has witnessed with serious downturns in relation to women's political rights. In the final section of the conference, FEFA proposed a package for parliamentary reforms.

FEFA released its parliamentary monitoring findings from the observation of the 13th session of parliament

The free and fair election forum of Afghanistan released its parliamentary monitoring findings in a round table in the existence of media.
At starting Mr. Eng. Naeem Asghari the program manager at FEFA stated that "In additions to observing election and bringing electoral reforms, FEFA equally observes the sessions in the national council of Afghanistan. Subsequentally Dr Haseeb Motaref, the parliamentary monitoring coordinator spoke about the main findings of 13ths session and discussed some of the main recommendations.

Town-Hall Meeting Held in Heraat Province

On August 8, the town hall meeting conducted at Istiqlal hall with around 70 participants including the key participants mentioned above. The three vital issues figured out were high billing of electricity, targeted attacks and huge unemployment rate in Herat province. The above mentioned topics provoked a great discussion among the participants and were agreed upon the existence of these problems in Herat. The participants accused MPs in their neglecting behavior in addressing those issues in parliament. Meanwhile, participants had questions from MPs and members of provincial council and were answered accordingly. MPs as usual, promised to solve those issues by discussing it with relevant authorities in Kabul.

Upper house of parliament appreciated FEFA's work

Upper House appreciated the leadership and some staff members of FEFA for their active parliamentary monitoring program and their attempts toward reforming the electoral system of Afghanistan.
Dr. Mohammad Tayeb Atta secretary of Meshrano Jirga said, “FEFA has covered the activities of parliament over the past few years and regularly reported to people to strengthen parliament’s relation with people and increase the level of transparency in parliament. Subsequently Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed, the executive director of FEFA thanked Meshrano Jirga for appreciating FEFA and said, “FEFA is a national organization which strives to strengthen the democratic processes and structures. We have always tried to report parliament’s performance, achievements and developments to people.”

Town hall meeting held in Bamyan province

The Free & Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) held a town-hall meeting in Bamyan province where the representatives of Bamyan in the National Assembly and provincial council attended to discuss Bamyan’s challenges and problems. Lack of electricity, asphalted roads, security and lack of government’s support from gardening in Bamyan were the 4 major problems of Bamyan province raised in this town-hall meeting. Mr. Abdul Rahman Shahedani on behalf of Bamyan’s representatives in the National Assembly and Mr. Asadullah Asadi on behalf of Bamyan provincial council attended the town-hall meeting to discuss about Bamyan’s problems with Bamyan residents.

FEFA Releases it's Parliamentary Monitoring Findings

Free and fair election forum of Afghanistan released its parliamentary monitoring findings in a round table in the existence of media.
Dr. Haseeb Motaref, parliamentary monitoring coordinator of FEFA, said, “Wolesi Jirga has made remarkable progresses in term of legislation this year (1395 Solar year).However, it was not very active in term of representing people and handling public problems.”

Round table on conflict of powers, its impacts and solutions

On 27th December 2016 FEFA held a round table in Kabul in the presence of parliament members, political and social activists, university professors, elite people, women and youth to discuss the issue of power conflicts in the government of Afghanistan.

Conflicts between the three branches of power existed since more than a decade in the Afghan government notably between the executive power and the parliament.

Discussion on the pending law of anti-violence against women

FEFA findings on parliament observation shows that the law on anti-violence against women has been in a pending state since 18 may 2013 due to disagreement of views between members of parliament and it is still in the women affairs commission of lower house.Therefore, in order to discuss and put light on the current status of the forgotten law “Anti-violence against women” FEFA conducted a meeting with members of parliament, civic society members and university professors.

Comprehensive report on parliament activities in the 12th session

FEFA released its comprehensive report on parliament activities in the 12th session. Afghanistan’s parliament is being watched by FEFA’s parliamentary unit and accurate records are generated on daily basis.

Based on the daily observation and findings, comprehensive reports are prepared and published that consists detailed and accurate information about parliament activities in the duration of one session i.e. four and half months.

Face to face discussion of students with MPs

FEFA held a meeting with students of Alberoni University where Mr. Qalatwal, representative of Zabul in Wolesi Jirga and Mrs. Zakia Sangen, representative of Parwan in Wolesi Jirga attended to present information on parliament and its activities to students.Mr. Abdul Qadir Qalatwal, representative of Zabul province in Wolesi Jirga began the meeting by stating that "making and approving laws, monitoring the performance of government and representing people are three main duties of Wolesi Jirga.”